Obey - Supply
and Demand - The art of Shepard Fairey

This book will cost
you but when you have a copy in your hands you will know why. From its
gold embossed hardback cover through the 350 odd pages of Shephard
Fairey's (Obey) work it just oozes quality. The concept behind what just
started out as a simple Xeroxed picture of a 7 foot 4 inch ugly wrestler
evolves through the book and is fully explained along the way. There are
many lavish photographs and illustrations which build up into an amazing
body of work. You get to see Shepard's arrest tickets along with his
highly stylised reworking of rockers portraits all in a black and white,
red and orange extravaganza. There's nods to his influences throughout the
book, punk rock, Winston Smith, Soviet era posters and the New World
Order. No one gets up like Shephard.

Caution - you may
need a stronger coffee table as this is one hefty book!